Posted by Allan on 11/04/82 11:46

On Mon, 01 May 2006 01:50:16 GMT, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:

>Allan (Spamsuckhard@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb.org) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> >What part of "anything they do in the way of processing for upconversion
>> >is available to standard DVD players" don't you understand?
>>
>> So... all upconverting DVD's are EXACTLY THE SAME. Interesting.
>
>Boy, you just can't read, can you?
>
>If they are doing something "new" and "special" in the HD-DVD players
>for upconvert, it will be available in a few months in a standard DVD
>player that upconverts.

Yeah.... I can read just fine.

Like when you replied with this:

">and it saves me from having two machines...

This, I agree with. "

So why another machine that 'may' have these improvements that 'could'
be available in a few months matters to this discussion is lost on me.

>I read three snippets where one guy says it's "some of the best I've
>ever seen" with nothing as a reference. So, he's saying it's not crap,
>which is what I would expect from a $500 upconverting DVD player.
>
>Then, we have one guy comparing it to a Sony 9100ES, which is definitely
>nowhere near the best upconversion (although it is good).

Well at least we agree that not all unconverting DVD players are the
same.

>Last, we have this glowing endorsement:
>
> "...looked a little better than other upconverting non-HD players
> i've seen. I cant say it looked as good as true Hd source DVD but
> is was more than acceptable."
>
>Wow, get out my checkbook.

Well if you want a HD DVD player that does a fine job at unconverting
you just might.

>>> I'm sure anybody
>>> that wanted to could find reviews that go the other way,
>>
>> Yeah... lets see them.
>
>How about *every* one of those reviews you listed and the quality of
>upconversion over component video? Since the HD-A1 doesn't do it at
>all, there are many, many upconverting DVD players that look a lot
>better.
>
>Again, if you read around AVS Forum, you'll see that nobody who is
>serious about getting quality from upconverting DVDs will use a CE player
>to do so.

Actually anyone that is "serious" about upconverting would use a
'scaler' in the their home theatre system.






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